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Article: Gone to waste: how the UK burns money by dumping and incinerating resources.
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- October 7, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 October 2009-Friends of the Earth: Gone to waste: how the UK burns money by dumping and incinerating resources(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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The UK is throwing away over GBP650 million every year by dumping and incinerating waste which, if recycled, could save 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gases annually - equivalent to taking around six million cars off the roads - a new report by Friends of the Earth shows today [7 October 2009].
Research by the green campaign group reveals that if material currently being landfilled or incinerated was recycled instead, it would slash emissions, reduce the need to import ...